ramikite-(Y)

noun

A triclinic yellowish-white mineral containing calcium, carbon, sodium, fluorine, phosphorus, lithium, hydrogen, oxygen, yttrium, and zirconium.

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Meanings

noun
  1. chemistryA triclinic yellowish-white mineral containing calcium, carbon, sodium, fluorine, phosphorus, lithium, hydrogen, oxygen, yttrium, and zirconium.

Origin

From Ramik + -ite, named after the mineralogist at the Department of Natural History at the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada Robert A.J. Ramik (1951–).

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